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He had earlier in the day posted a message about his ex-girlfriend’s death on his Facebook page, sending love to her and her family and remarking that it was always the innocent ones 'that get f***ed over.'

The victims are 48-year-old Cynthia Serrano, her 21-year-old daughter April Serrano, and her 35-year-old sister Cathy de Leon.

Crime scene: Police tape cordons off a Fort Worth home where the bodies of three women were found Tuesday morning

The
bodies of three women were discovered by the
husband of one of the victims when he got home from work after a night
shift.

When the husband, James Serrano, called 911 he yelled: 'They killed my family.'

Tarrant County court records show McGinnis has a 2011 conviction for possession of marijuana under two ounces and, last year, for evading arrest.

Exes: McGinnis had posted a message about his ex-girlfriend, April's death on his Facebook page Tuesday late afternoon

The link: Homicide detectives located and questioned McGinnis after learning that he had been April Serrano¿s former boyfriend

Shock: Grieving family and friends gather outside the Fort Worth home where three women were killed

Family and friends of the victims gathered outside the single-storey home in Fort Worth on Tuesday, as detectives and forensic experts gathered evidence.

Anthony de Leon, who was Mrs Serrano and Mrs de Leon's brother, was overcome with grief as he said: 'Three innocent women; three innocent women.'

He said that the women were alive and well when family members checked on them at about 10pm on Monday.

Angel Bueno sobbed softly as he stood across the street from the faded yellow, wood-frame house where the bodies of his cousin and his aunts, de Leon and Cynthia Serrano, had been found earlier.

He said his aunt Cynthia raised him and had sent him a loving text message the night before her death.

'She was the sweetest lady. She even took care of my own daughter for a while, and she was praying for Junior,' Bueno, 25, said, placing a hand over his pregnant wife's belly.

More than a dozen family members of the victims sat on the curb under police tape, consoling each other while waiting for an update.

Relatives said it was Serrano's husband, James Serrano, who called 911 when he returned from an overnight trucking shift.

Gruesome find: The bodies of Cynthia Serrano, 48, were discovered by her husband (right) after he came home from work